Ethan is finally on two feet and eating everything we put in front of him.  Here, he’s taken a liking to Dad’s lo-mein.

Ethan continues to surprise us in how quickly he figures things out.  When the things he shouldn’t touch are out of his reach, he’ll figure out a way to get his hands on it.

We had a very good time this Halloween.  2009 marks the first time Taylor experienced Trick or Treating.  I walked her around our street with our next door neighbor and his son and it was everything you can imagine for a father taking their kids out on beggar’s night.  We hit probably 15 houses in about an hour and then Taylor’s little legs started to get tired of all the walking.  It didn’t take long for her to catch on that she was getting free candy. 

Here she is…the terrifying pink triceratops!

From Halloween 2009

Ethan was a zombie.

From Halloween 2009

Here’s Ethan as of today. He’s on the verge of taking his first steps. He can pull himself up with ease and just has that look of wanting to take off. I give a couple weeks and we’re going to have a couple of mobile ones to run after now. Taylor has been successfully going to the bathroom on the toilet lately. We’re talking about the full size ones, not the training versions either. If we’re not careful holding her, she’d fall right in.

From The Kids

From The Kids

It’s these moments that make it all worth it…

It’s so hard to get the kids in a decent group photo. Here’s one attempt that happened a week ago.

This was one of the first times Taylor interacts with Ethan.  He was only a few days old here.